A Reminder That You Are Not Responsible For His Depression
You give him the best of your thoughts, feelings, energy. You know your presence lifts the weight from his shoulders, at least for a little while. He says he’s only happy with you.
You give him the best of your thoughts, feelings, energy. You know your presence lifts the weight from his shoulders, at least for a little while. He says he’s only happy with you.
Fuckboys only want the trial run, they don’t want to invest in the product. And unfortunately, you’re the product.
You are in dating purgatory, and you’re about to be ghosted.
You’ll get over fuckboys once your heart directs your mind.
Even in those starkly solitary moments, when I am harassed at every turn by existential questions, you steady my heart, and I am centered once again.
You tell yourself you’re on the right path. That you’re being ambitious, chasing the right things – but you know that if you stopped to really think about it, to really feel into it, that you might not be so sure.
I hope that your 2017 is absolutely chock-full of challenges and despair, of heartache and disappointment.
Validation: the emotional crutch that has a way of making narcissists out of us, because in our quest to be validated, we make our entire existence all about ourselves.
Have the courage to present yourself to the world, absolutely naked. Have the courage to accept yourself completely – the only acceptance over which you have absolute control.
If you’re looking to be perfect, you’re really looking to fit in, to the ultimate extreme.